US6200017B1 - Implement for mixing fodder - Google Patents

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US6200017B1
US6200017B1 US09/282,283 US28228399A US6200017B1 US 6200017 B1 US6200017 B1 US 6200017B1 US 28228399 A US28228399 A US 28228399A US 6200017 B1 US6200017 B1 US 6200017B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0266—Automatic devices with stable trolleys, e.g. suspended
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S119/00—Animal husbandry
    • Y10S119/902—Feed agitator

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus and method for mixing fodder.
  • Such apparatus are known and usually consist of a hopper which may be either stationary or transportable and in which two kinds of fodder can be mixed. Subsequently the mixed fodder can be conveyed to the place where it is consumed by the animals, such as cows.
  • An objective of the invention is to provide an apparatus by means of which the fodder can be mixed in the stable or cowshed itself.
  • the apparatus can be moved by a tractor or similar vehicle or propelled under its own power, while the apparatus comprises at least one driven mixing device by means of which, during moving of the vehicle, fodder disposed beside the vehicle can be mixed.
  • the driven mixing device projects outwardly at the lateral side of the vehicle.
  • the apparatus can be energized and propelled by a tractor or similar vehicle or by means of its own or a dedicated motor in a cowshed, while the apparatus includes a hopper for fodder and at least one mixing device for mixing the fodder present in the hopper with another quantity of fodder, said mixing device being located outside the hopper.
  • the apparatus comprises mechanically driven mixing devices for mixing the fodder in a feed channel, the apparatus including a sensor for determining the position of the mixing device relative to the feed channel.
  • the invention also relates to a method of mixing fodder, in which at least part of the fodder is supplied to a feed channel and is mixed in the feed channel by means of a mechanically driven vehicle.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the cowshed in which there is provided a mixing apparatus according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section of a cowshed of FIG. 1, providing a rear view of the mixing apparatus present therein according to a second embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of another embodiment in which mixing devices of the mixing apparatus rotate about upwardly directed axes;
  • FIG. 4 is a further fragmentary plan view of another embodiment of the mixing devices of the mixing apparatus, which mixing devices each rotate about a horizontal axis;
  • FIG. 5 is another fragmentary plan view of a further embodiment in which the mixing apparatus is suitable for mixing solid and liquid fodder;
  • FIG. 6 is a still further fragmentary plan view of yet another mixing apparatus which includes a hopper for different types of fodder and with a mixing device arranged behind the hopper.
  • the cowshed 1 according to FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises two rows of stalls 2 for cows or other farm animals.
  • a feed channel 3 is provided in which fodder is deposited, so that the cows can feed from fodder disposed in the feed channel.
  • a strip or center alley 4 is provided between feed channels 3 .
  • This strip or center alley 4 is normally used as a walking path which, among other things, is used for filling the feed channels, whether or not by means of a tractor.
  • FIG. 1 a tractor 5 with a mixing apparatus 6 according to the invention is arranged on strip 4 in the cowshed.
  • Mixing apparatus 6 comprises a hopper 7 which is capable of being coupled to a lifting hitch of tractor 5 by means of a three-point coupling 8 .
  • Hopper 7 comprises two spaces, i.e., a space 9 for coarse fodder, such as hay, and a space 10 for other fodder, such as concentrate.
  • Space 9 has on both sides conveying means comprising a discharge device 11 , such as a discharge belt, by means of which the fodder can be supplied from space 9 to feed channels 3 .
  • space 10 at the left and right side has a further conveying means that comprises a discharge device 12 by means of which the fodder is supplied from space 10 to feed channels 3 .
  • Mixing apparatus 6 further comprises two mixing devices 13 by means of which the fodder supplied to feed channels 3 is mixed. These mixing devices are driven by means of a power take-off shaft disposed at the rear side of hopper 7 via a transmission 14 and the power take-off shaft rotates about an axis 15 extending transversely to the direction of travel A.
  • the power take-off shaft is driven in a manner well known in the art behind hopper 7 via the power take-off shaft of the tractor.
  • the drive may have means for altering the number of revolutions of the mixing devices. Additionally there may be provided means for stopping one of the mixing devices independently of the other.
  • the apparatus may also have means for lifting the mixing devices from the feed channel and placing them into a transport position in which the total width of the devices is reduced so as to be within the permitted transport width of three meters.
  • the mixing devices are provided with a sensor so that the tractor driver can check from the tractor whether the mixing devices are correctly positioned.
  • the mixing apparatus is arranged at the rear side 16 of a tractor.
  • the tractor may be provided with an aerial 17 for radiographically opening and closing of the doors 18 of the cowshed.
  • FIG. 2 shows the rear side of a mixing apparatus 19 according to the invention.
  • the apparatus comprises two sidewardly projecting arms 20 to each of which is fitted a mixing device 21 which rotates about an axis extending horizontally in the direction of travel A of the apparatus.
  • This mixing device 21 may be provided with a number of outwardly projecting tines.
  • the mixing device is disposed in the feed channel with clearance relative to the side walls thereof.
  • the side walls and the bottom of the feed channel may be rounded off.
  • the sideward adjustment of the devices may take place by means of a hydraulic piston and cylinder member 22 which is provided with an accumulator 23 for track correction.
  • the adjustment may be operated from tractor 5 .
  • the drive of the mixing devices is effected via a transmission from the power take-off shaft of the tractor.
  • the mixing apparatus 24 is coupled directly to the lifting hitch of tractor 5 , although the mixing device may also be fastened optionally to a hopper, such as hopper 7 .
  • mixing apparatus 24 has mixing devices 26 rotating about upwardly directed axes 25 , the mixing devices 26 being provided with downwardly projecting tines.
  • Mixing devices 26 are driven about the upwardly directed axis via a transmission. Preferably mixing devices 26 rotate in opposite directions relative to each other. In this embodiment, for example, the farmer can supply by hand the new coarse fodder to the feed channel and the mixing apparatus mixes the new fodder with fodder still present in the feed channel.
  • Mixing apparatus 24 is provided with means 27 for changing the distance between the mixing devices. It is desirable that the wall 28 of the feed channel located at the side of stalls 2 be higher than the wall situated at the side of strip 4 .
  • the mixing apparatus 29 shown in FIG. 4 corresponds on a number of points to the mixing apparatus shown of FIG. 3 and corresponding parts are therefore indicated by the same reference numerals.
  • Mixing apparatus 29 comprises mixing devices 30 which rotate about a horizontal axis 31 , preferably so that the lower side of the mixing device moves in the direction of travel A of tractor 5 .
  • the mixing devices 30 are coupled with the lifting hitch of tractor 5 via a transmission 32 .
  • To this transmission 32 there are fitted support wheels 33 bearing on rails 34 on the inside of the feed channels.
  • support wheels 33 are capable of rotating freely, but optionally they could be driven as well in a modified construction.
  • liquid and solid fodder can be mixed.
  • FIG. 5 shows a mixing apparatus 35 provided with a hopper 36 for solid fodder and a tank 37 for liquid fodder, for example, a liquid containing minerals.
  • the hopper 36 has discharge device 11 , while tank 37 has discharge lines 38 discharging into discharge devices 11 .
  • the liquid fodder is mixed with the solid fodder.
  • Mixing devices as described in the foregoing may optionally be disposed at the end of the discharge device.
  • FIG. 6 shows a mixing apparatus 39 provided with a hopper 40 for different kinds of fodder. Via lines 41 the fodder is supplied to a mixing device 42 disposed at the rear side of hopper 40 .
  • discharge lines 43 for supplying the mixed fodder from the mixing device 42 are provided to feed channels 3 .
  • transport means such as a rotating displacing screw, may be provided for displacing the fodder in the line in the direction of the feed channel.

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US6520113B2 (en) * 2001-02-12 2003-02-18 Lely Enterprises A.G. Device for supplying fodder to animals
US20040037674A1 (en) * 2002-08-14 2004-02-26 Gil Hadar Loading elevator
WO2005029949A1 (de) * 2003-09-26 2005-04-07 Weda-Dammann & Westerkamp Gmbh Fördersystem zur beförderung von mischfutter
US20070227455A1 (en) * 2004-09-28 2007-10-04 Hiroki Sumiya Feed Straightening Apparatus for Livestock Barn and Method for Operating the Same
US7543548B1 (en) 2007-10-29 2009-06-09 Troyer Jr John System to feed animals
USRE43953E1 (en) 2007-10-29 2013-02-05 Troyer Jr John System to feed animals
US20170360014A1 (en) * 2016-06-20 2017-12-21 Aspire Food Group USA Inc. Autonomous feed delivery platform for insects
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